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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Prices Are Falling!

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Prices falling at Harris Jeweler

BY DAVID FONG Executive Editor dfong@civitasmedia.com TROY — Under normal circumstances, Bonnie Harris Frey golden locks are a hairdressser’s dream, a series of perfectly coiffed curls and ringlets cascading gently down around her face.

So dedicated is the owner/president of Harris Jeweler to her store’s sale this week, however, that she’s willing to forego her flowing tresses for a hard hat.

“My hair is not going to look good,” Harris Frey said with in impish grin.

“We’re all going to be wearing hard hats and we’ll have caution tape up — it’s going to be a lot of fun. Usually jewelry stores aren’t fun — but this is going to be fun.”

Harris and her staff at Harris Jeweler, located at 2343 W. Main St. in Troy, all will be wearing hardharts Thursday through Saturday because of all the “falling prices” that will be taking place during the three-day sale.

The store is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday and from 10

a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

“We are going to have about 1,000 pieces on sale,” Harris Frey said.

“They will be anywhere from 30 percent to 50 percent off. We’ll have a lot things on sale that don’t ever go on sale. This is the only sale we’ll have before Christmas.”

Harris Frey said the store only holds two sales per year — one in June and one after the Christmas holidays.

“We sell a ton of stuff,” Harris Frey said. “We’ll do a couple months worth of business in three days.

People know that we really don’t ever have sales and this is their one chance to get in here.

Plus, we’re going to be unveiling a new category — but we’re not telling anyone what that is.

They are just going to have to come in and see for themselves.”

In addition to the new, top-secret category of jewelry, Harris Jeweler will have its full line of merchandise available as well. Harris Frey said the items on sale should fit into just about any customer’s price range — everything from $35 pieces of jewelry all the way up to the store’s most expensive item, a $70,000 canary-diamond ring.

“There really will be something for everyone

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Harris Jeweler owner/president Bonnie Harris Frey shows off a $70,000 canary-diamond ring. to buy,” Harris Frey said.

“Most jewelry stores put huge mark-ups on their items, so when they have a sale, it looks like you are getting a a great deal.

We mark all of our items really low to start with, so when we have a sale, a lot of items are being sold

below my cost.

“A lot of times we are getting rid of older stuff to make room for new stuff — to basically people are able to buy items wholesale.”

Harris Frey has been the owner and president of Harris Jeweler since

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Personalized funeral flowers provide parting gift

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In the process of making funeral arrangements, family members will have the option of buying flowers and other decorative items through the funeral home, Lori says, and they may not be asked who their preferred florist is.

But, Lori urges loved ones to give her a call for more personalized service.

“I know what is seasonally available, I can also talk with customers about suitable substitutes,” said Lori, who has been in the floral industry for 30 years.

While Lori says her customers typically turn to her for joyous events such as prom corsages, wedding flowers and daily floral needs, these same customers may not be aware that they are able to call Lori direct for sympathy flowers, where she provides the most effective visual representation of their emotions using

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Some flowers seen in photos provided by funeral homes may not be available this time of

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flowers, something an experienced florist will be able to help with,” Lori said. “Everything is customized per order. It’s not an assembly-line process.”

Orders are specialized for the client’s taste, all with the goal of providing a floral gift that helps in the grieving process, showing love & support.

“You want them to be pretty and you want them to express the feeling you have at the time of the funeral. It’s not just flowers — you’re sending emotions,” Lori said of her business.

In addition to casket sprays, planters and other arrangements, Lori also

can provide concrete angels, cemetery upkeep with wreaths and urns, holiday decorating for Christmas, grave blankets and stepping stones. She can also add personalized items that show the deceased loved one’s interests, such as an Ohio State flag, music notes or Harley Davidson momento. All serve a common purpose: to give reverence for the loved one.

For more information on Your Personal Florist’s sympathy and funeral flowers, call Lori at (937) 335-2365. Your Personal Florist is located at 409 Kirk Lane in Troy.

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Rutledge, Mote to highlight ‘Art At the Mill’ GREENVILLE — “Art At the Mill” will showcase the contemporary metal sculpture of Jeff Rutledge along with colorful contemporary prints created by former Greenville resident Molly Mote from June 28 through July 21.

The exhibit at historic Bear’s Mill opens with a Friday evening artists’ reception from 6-9 p.m.; light hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served.

The artists will speak briefly at 7 p.m., outlining their personal histories and revealing their motivations and goals.

“We are so excited to be featuring these unique and engaging artists,” said Julie Clark, retail manager and gallery coordinator for Bear’s Mill. “Jeff’s exuberant creativity is well-known throughout the region and beyond, and of course we’ve watched Molly’s talents expand and grow as she continues through the years to produce playful and intriguing work,” Clark stated.

Sculptor Rutledge began his formal training at Wright State University, graduating magna cum laude in 1975, and earned his master’s degree in fine

arts from the University of Cincinnati.

The Dayton resident says that he enjoys working in steel because of its plasticity and enduring nature.

“I consider my sculptures to be three-dimensional poems — visual meditations,” the artist explained.

His work is often abstract and whimsical, with parts that move and can be changed to create different and unique forms.

Rutledge states that many of his pieces are meant to be left outdoors where they change with the seasons, offering opportunity for new aesthetic

discoveries as the environment leaves its impact upon the original artistic form.

Mote has been immersed in art throughout her entire life; she began giving art lessons when she was only 15 years old, and is currently an elementary art teacher in Indianapolis where she now resides.

Mote attended the Chicago Art Institute, then moved on to Herron School of Art where she earned her degree in printmaking.

“As an artist, I have grown from teaching others,” Mote said. “”Being an art teacher influences my art, and

reciprocally my experience with my own personal work influences my teaching,” she concluded.

Molly said that the core of her artwork centers around the interpretation of objects found in our everyday life and landscape through the use of a nostalgic palette and diverse arrangement of space.

One of a kind handpulled prints by Bellbrook resident Andrea Starkey plus wood-fired clay vessels created by Patrick Rademaker of Louisville, Ky., remain on display at Bear’s Mill through June 23.

“Art At the Mill” has

received funding from the Ami McClurkin Community Fund, held by the HOPE Foundation of Darke County, and is also supported by Darke County Endowment for the Arts.

The art exhibit is on view during regular Mill store hours, 11 a.m. till 5 p.m. daily.

Historic Bear’s Mill is operated by Friends of Bear’s Mill, a non-profit organization, and is located at 6450 ArcanumBear’s Mill Road about 5 miles east of Greenville.

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GET UP & GO Rhythm Annual festival to bring bluegrass BRADFORD — The Bluegrass Music Festival in Bradford is slated for 5-11 p.m. Friday at Iddings Park, sponsored by the Bradford Public Library. This is the 12th year the library has sponsored this free event for the community.

Bands playing this year include Rum River Blend, Leisa Hinkle and Willow-Creek, Berachah Valley, Rock Island Plow Co and Nightflyer. There will be a raffle and food available to purchase.

Chairs and blankets may be brought into the park.

New concert series begins in July TROY — The TroyHayner Cultural Center will host the new Lucky

Lemonade Music series Tuesdays in July this summer. Concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m. with regional musicians playing a variety of music from jazz to folk. Acts include the breezy harmonies of Sweet Betsy July 9, the warm country sounds of Higgins Madewell July 16, the folksy sounds of Anna and Milovan and jazz guitarist Jimmy Felts.

Original and hit music featured downtown TROY — Coming straight from Manhattan, the Doyle Brothers will be kicking around the stage for the Downtown Troy Summer Music series at 7:30 p.m.

Friday. Ryan and Todd Doyle bring their beatbox style with a hybrid of original music as well as some great recognizable traditions such as

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Contemporary, bluegrass slated TROY — The Nightflyer band will rock the square at 7:30 p.m. July 19 for the Downtown Troy Summer Music on the Square series. The newly formed group of experienced professionals from Southwestern Ohio plays a hard driving mix of contemporary and traditional bluegrass. The band’s lead singer and guitarist is Richard Propps, most recently from the group Blue Storm. Rick Hayes is on mandolin and the stand-up bassist is Tony Kakaris, who also lends his baritone to the vocals. Tim Jackson adds spice to the mix with his fiery dobro performances.

Rounding out the sound is Ronnie Stewart contributing killer banjo and sweet lyrical tenor and lead vocals. These musicians promise to bring the sweet seasoned sounds of traditional bluegrass as well as a hard driving mix of

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June 27-29 at the Tipp City Zion Lutheran Church, 14 W. Walnut St. It’s Peggy Sue’s birthday, but it is not the birthday party that she planned. First, someone has stolen her scarf, but, that’s not the worst of it — the scarf was tied around the rearview mirror of her boyfriend Jonny E. Good’s car, and

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

GET UP & GO

Eye candy Dayton Art Institute DAYTON — The Dayton Art Institute is presenting a pair of sports-themed exhibitions, “Andy Warhol: Athletes” and “The Art of Sport: Highlights from the Collection of the Dayton Art Institute,” both on view through Sept. 1.

• Andy Warhol: Athletes It was the mid-1970s, and Studio 54 was in full swing when art collector Richard Weisman commissioned his friend Andy Warhol to paint

the portraits of several top athletes of the day.

At first Warhol was unfamiliar with the sports stars but characteristic of his obsession with fame he recalled: The resulting group of 10 silk-screen paintings from 1978 present some of the most influential sports stars of the era, including boxer Muhammad Ali, football’s O.J. Simpson, ice skater Dorothy Hamill, basketball’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, golfer Jack Nicklaus, ice hockey’s Rod Gilbert, tennis’ Chris Evert, horse racer Willie Shoemaker, baseball’s Tom Seaver and soccer’s Pelé.

• The Art of Sport: Highlights from the Collection of the Dayton Art Institute The theme of sports is ubiquitous in art, and has occupied artists from ancient times to the present.

This exhibition features more than 100 examples of how that theme is manifest in some of the Dayton Art Institute’s finest treas-

ures. The objects on display represent a widerange of media including painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media, and the exhibition is sure to delight sports, and art lovers of all ages.

Dayton Art Institute is located at 456 Belmonte Park North, Dayton.

Participants sought for art show WEST MILTON — Hoffman United Methodist Church is looking for applicants to take part in the seventh annual art show to be hosted July 12-14 in the activity center at 201 S. Main St., West Milton.

The deadline for entering is June 24.

The purpose of the show is to share area talent with the public.

The show is non-juried.

Some pieces may be available for purchase, with transactions handled directly between the artist and the interested party. A generous gift from local arts patron Bill Netzley, of Bill Netzley Roofing, has en-

abled the church to greatly increase the prize money being awarded again this year.

Awards to be given are $500 for first place, $400 for second place and $300 for third place.

Eight additional awards of $100 each also will be presented.

Application forms may be picked up at the church office and Really Cool Stuff in Milton; Art Vault Gallery in Troy; The Hotel Gallery and Studio 14 (Benkin’s Antiques) in Tipp City; and Cannery Art and Design in Dayton. Forms are also available for download from the church website at www.hoff-

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Family fun Car show RUSSIA — Cruizer’s, 115 North St., will host the third annual Cruisers for a Cure car, truck, bike and race car show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation Ohio Kentucky Indiana Chapter.

The first 50 registrants will receive dash plaques and goody bags. Awards will be presented by the judges at 4 p.m.

They will name the top 20 vehicles and give five specialty awards. Country music singer Wyatt McCubbin will perform at 1 p.m. and sign autographs after the performance.

There will be an auction, a 50/50 drawing and door prizes. Local children who have recently had wishes granted by the foundation will be in attendance to talk about their experiences.

Children’s shirts will be on sale for $1 each. Webkinz will be sold for $2 each.

Food and beverages will be available inside the airconditioned Cruizer’s. The cost to enter is $10. For information, call Tim Osborne at 295-3973.

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Eddie Money to headline summer car show FOR IN75 PIQUA — The Spectacular Summer Cruise-in & Concert will be Aug. 3 at the Miami Valley Centre Mall.

Eddie Money is the headliner with several other bands performing throughout the day.

The free event features a car show with the first 500 cars receiving a commemorative dash plaque and no pre-registration is required. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and also will include live music by The Chase Classic Rock Band from Ashland, Ky., The Motown Sounds of Touch of Dayton, Set the Stage of Piqua and Polly Mae of Lima.

“Everything I do, I do it for you.” Eddie Money says it at least once, every show. And he means it.

This straight up rock and roll icon has been making music and delivering it to his fans since the mid’70s, and wouldn’t have it any other way. With hits like “Two Tickets To Paradise,” “Baby Hold On,” “Walk On Water,” “Think I’m In Love” and “Shakin,” Eddie continues to be one of the hardest working men in rock and roll.

Performing a compact 150 or so shows every year, Eddie is always touring, somewhere.

“My fans are the best, most loyal fans a guy could ask for. They keep coming back for more and I’m not gonna stop until they make me stop,” Money said.

Eddie has recorded over a dozen albums of his own, and has done numerous projects in television and film. Spring

Spectacular Summer Cruise-In and Concert schedule Event 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Parking lot opens early so feel free to come early, stay late!

11 a.m. — Registration of show cars begins 12:25 p.m. — “National Anthem,” sung by the Melody Moms 12:30-1:30 p.m. — Set the Stage performs 1-3 p.m. — Live remote with104.7 WTUE 2-3 p.m. — Polly Mae performs 4-6 p.m. — Live remote with95.3 The Eagle.com 3:30-4:30 p.m. — TBA 5-6 p.m. — The Chase Classic Rock performs 6 p.m. — Car show awards 6:30-7:30 p.m. — The Motown Sounds of Touch 8:30-10 p.m. — Eddie Money 2001’s David Spade film “Joe Dirt” features Eddie Money as Joe Dirt’s rock and roll idol. Last season he turned up as Mimi’s ex-husband in an episode of “The Drew Carey Show”.

He’s currently working on theme songs for Arena Football and Major League Baseball.

Chances are you’ll find him coming to a city near you. “I like getting involved in a lot of different projects, weather it’s singing the National Anthem at a professional sporting event or doing a gig for the charities I support or having my kids drag me through amuse-

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Eddie Money will be performing Aug. 3 at the Miami Valley Centre Mall in Piqua. ment park openings, I need to keep moving”, Money said.

Having come from a long line of police officers, a very young Eddie joined the police force back home in Long Island, New York, and sang in his first band “Grapes Of Wrath”. But California called and he moved out west to be a rock and roll star. It worked. “I just knew I wanted to sing and be in a band. California seemed like the place to be, so I was Berkeley-bound.”

A student of legendary vocal coach Judy Davis and prodigy of manager Bill Graham, Money began belting out hit after hit. The early days of

MTV and music videos launched Eddie Money into stardom. An accomplished musician, he sings, he writes, and plays the saxophone, harmonica and piano.

“Of my five kids, I’ve got a few drummers, guitar players, and my daughter wants to sing and dance … when the guys get too old I’ve got myself another band!

“Touring and writing is my life. It’s who I am and what I do. And I don’t see it changing any time in the near future,” Eddie says of his immediate future, “Hey, I get to get up every day and do what I love. Why change that?”

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uled to perform at 8:30p.m. and the mall encourages the public to bring lawn chairs as this is an outdoor event. Show cars are encouraged to use the mall entrance off of U.S. Route 36 and spectators might find it easier to use the back mall entrance off of Garbry Road via Looney Road.

Trophies and door prizes will be awarded during the day. The first 500 cars that are participating in the car show will receive a commemorative dash plaque. Food and drinks will be available for purchase outside and inside the mall.

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formed last year and in previous years, this event featured Billy Ray Cyrus, The Marshall Tucker Band, Chubby Checker, Mitch Ryder, Gary Lewis and the Playboys and Gary Puckett.

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Home and Away with Dana Wolfe GOBA riders inspire a multitude of campfire recipes sweaty and falls into my arms just so tired. ‘That’s love,’” he said. “And a great day!” I agreed. Doesn’t get any better than that!

As I was leaving tent city I caught a glimpse of two tandem bikes with mom on one and dad on the other with two little boys behind in the second seats. Dad also had a baby pouch attached to him in the front with an infant in it.

It must have been a long day because little boy No. 2 was sucking his thumb. What adventurous stories these boys will have to tell when they get older.

Thank you GOBA for

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are tender, unfold foil, scoop out onto a serving plate and serve.

Campfire Beans 2 pounds ground beef 1 onion, chopped 1 medium carrot, chopped ½ teaspoon minced garlic 2 tablespoons chili powder 1 15-ounce can tomato paste 1 15-ounce can diced tomatoes 1 8-ounce can butter beans 1 15-ounce can chick peas 1 15-ounce can kidney

beans 1 24-ounce can great northern beans 3 cups water Salt and pepper, to taste Corn bread Brown hamburger and drain grease. Add all ingredients into large pot, bring to a simmer and cook for about one hour stirring frequently. Salt and pepper to taste, top with some fresh chopped onion, and serve with corn bread. You can make corn bread ahead of time at home. When you get to the campground you can wrap it in foil and warm it up on the grill or next to the campfire.